A Bridge To the Promised Land: 1968

In 1968, as UC-Berkeley students were outside protesting the Vietnam War, a young music professor, Milton Williams was in his office, laying down the origins of his story about Hubert Turner, the black mayor of a Southern city. Drawing upon his own experience, Williams explores the challenges and expectations faced by a ‘successful’ black politician in America: When does one achieve enough to finally stop climbing and ‘make a stand’? Does attaining a goal justify the piecemeal selling-out of your soul? And who do you trust to keep you honest to yourself?

Hubert Turner and his daughter, Ginnie represent two generations and two sides of the same cause who, on one prophetic day, each choose to stand for their cause. But will they both survive the day? Politically and literally…

A Staged Reading (First public performances)

This production is part of the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works. Information and tickets to the festival can be purchased here.